Business Development Project Manager

JOHN A. SCHAFFER

High performing Technical Leader with extensive experience at the DoD National Security Agency (NSA). Expertise in Project Management, Software Engineering, and Agile Development Methodologies. Persuasive and tenacious leader with a proven track record of achieving results. Outstanding inter-personal, written, and oral communication skills. Proven success with completing projects on time and within budget. Customer focused, forward thinking, and comfortable in a fast-paced operational environment.

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2016 – 2023: Project Director, NSA Office of Access Discovery & Tradecraft

As Project Director, developed project plans, managed resources, tracked schedules, monitored performance goals, and worked to mitigate risk. Cultivated a culture centering on customer focus and collaboration, while promoting an enjoyable team atmosphere.

Decision maker, technical leader, and project manager at the executive level (GS-15) Department of Defense. Responsible for new business development and managing multiple projects in various stages of the development cycle.

Guided and mentored team of developers and Digital Network Exploitation Analysts. Primary liaison with customers and managers across all levels of the organization. Designed solutions, reviewed proposals, prioritized tasks and was final decision authority on several multi-million- dollar projects.

Experience working within the Scrum framework, with 8 years as scrum master, facilitated all scrum meetings including sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives. Collaborated with stakeholders, coached and trained all levels of organization in benefits of Agile development methodologies.

Applied data science techniques to better understand complex and imperfect data using Elasticsearch and Kibana interface. Resulted in the rework of several key software programs to ensure product was producing accurate results.

Influenced several high-level DoD programs. Oversaw the build out of new data flows and established proper integration to maximize effectiveness, usage, and flexibility. Represented the Certified Scrum Master Business Intelligence Product Owner Agile Methodologies Strategic Planning Technical Writer Project Management Critical Thinking Business Development Software Development Collaboration Proposal Review / COTR System Integration Training & Presentations Atlassian / Jira / Confluence Columbia, MD • 443-***-**** • *******@*****.***

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Technical Project Lead

Project Management / Certified Scrum Master / Software Development Core Competencies

Professional Experience

Operations Directorate in negotiations with Capabilities Directorate to ensure the most robust and flexible systems were built to support critical operational requirements.

Highly skilled in all aspects of Software Development Life Cycle, performed as Agile Scrum Product Owner, oversaw the development of more than 30 complex analytics using the Hadoop big data Java map/reduce architecture.

As technical expert worked closely with upper-level managers to assist in the interview and hiring process of new personnel.

2002-2016: Senior Project Manager, NSA Office of Network Analysis

Team lead responsible for the successful transition of a software system with a processing component as well as graphical user interface, to a corporate cloud solution.

Selected to lead legal compliance discussions at the DoD Agency’s Office of General Counsel

(OGC) with respect to proper handling of specific collect. Wrote technical advice papers, formulated the group's position, and defended these with senior oversight and OGC attorneys. This resulted in changes to broader Agency legal positions regarding balancing mission needs, while properly preserving US Person rights under the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution.

Conducted detailed analysis of data and metadata and wrote critical algorithm to evaluate millions of records to consolidate/summarize into thousands of grouped nodes. The success of this work enabled the build out of 6 additional analytics allowing for automated network mapping, change detection, and the identification of nefarious network activity by foreign actors. 1995- 2002: Senior Software Developer, NSA Technology Directorate

Lead software developer on several DoD projects, coding in C, C++, Java, Javascript, Perl programming languages. Experience with Government procurement and proposal process, with 4 years in role of Contractor Officer Technical Representative (COTR).

Responsible for customer outreach, briefings, and demonstrations across Operations Directorate and the worldwide enterprise. Sought out opportunities to collaborate with external customers to grow the mission and expand the team’s significance in the intelligence community.

Led team of fellow subject-matter experts on multiple visits to DoD field sites worldwide. Set the agendas, delivered presentations, and guided technical discussions. Used persuasion and diplomatic skills with worldwide partners to ensure all parties advanced their missions and maximized collaboration going forward.

Selected and served a 5-year tour in the United Kingdom. Worked on a team developing software solutions in support of the mission at specific field site.

Bachelor of Science/Computer Science, University of Maryland College Park

Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Ability to multitask and handle multiple projects and demonstrate follow through.

Ability to influence all levels of organization.

Complete all deliverables in a timely fashion, ensuring proper quality checks, analytic and business context reviews, and associate revisions.

Can work under deadline pressure and deliver high quality results.

Project Planning/Execution/Business Intelligence/Supervisor/Mentoring.

Visionary Leadership, Business Development, Critical thinking Education/Certifications/Professional Strengths

Professional Strengths

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